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10a. refers cryptically to the defeat of the royalist cavaliers in the civil war. What’s curious though is that an anagram of “civil war” is almost present in “how cavalier” … but not quite, it needs another i.

13, A schoolgirl could say "pash" for passion, with "a" for Pasha.

9, If you are broke financiaĺly, you are said to be on your uppers (no soles on your shoes).

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21d. Writer's "to be or not to be" say?
PENCIL

1a. Naomi's source of compassion
RUTH

8d. Stars a crawler
SERPENT

18a. Extremely light
VERY

Parses for the above please.

2B or not 2B as a homophone, quite funny actually.

1a. I'm generous with receptacle filled for drinking
IMBIBING

8d. Set aside auxiliary control
OVERRIDE

2a. Being ingenuous, he left without a suit
ARTLESS

Parses for the above please.

Also, does anyone know the answer to this clue? It's from this weekend's Times:

5a. November is a new month (5)

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1a IM BI (BIN) G

2A HE ARTLESS

5a - N(ovember) IS A N(ew) = NISAN is a month in the Jewish calendar

Brilliant thanks for the replies.

26d. Oriental coppers hold one key and that's marked
SEEN

2d. At one time it was reduced twice
ONCE

12a. 'Look Back in Anger' performed at Oberammergau?
PASSION PLAY

Parses for the above please.